Dear Sir C May. 1787. Your favor of 5 January last I received and send you enclosed a power of attorney as also a receipt for 90. 50. dollars. on amount of P Manning — Attention! Cap Will Mackay who was of the 11 Penn't. Regiment, Shot through the body and taken prisoner at Brandywine. When the 10 & 11^th Regiments were incorporated in 1778 he was appointed to the 9^th Penn'a Reg't. — his wound being of such a nature that he was Con- constantly under the care of some Surgeon in the country. On the 1^st January 1781. the line was reduced to Six Regiments of foot and he was either by mistake or design left out of the arrangement. and the paymaster of the Regiment which was Brown, drew no pay for him after that Period. and he was returned a prisoner of war on parole, and continued so till the peace and dissolution of the army 3 November 1783. he has Received his Commutation but no settlement or pay. from the 1^st January 1781. to 3. Nov. 1783. which he is undoubtedly entitled to as much as if he had been in actual service —— in the year 1780 he was Ordered to Camp in expectation of being exchanged or sent into N York but neither took place, and, he had the commander in chiefs leave [sent to the Commissary Gen^t of prisoners] for him to return to his quarters in the Country where he remained till the peace — he lives in York County and has sent a power of attorney to me requesting that I would endeavour to get him a Settlement for the time I have mentioned, and as I know his case to be just and think him fully entitled to his pay must request that you will be so kind as to rectify the mistake by examining the pay master General Books or such other as you think necessary on the Occasion. he informs me the last he received was from M^r Nourse's Office except his Commutation, as he has suffered (and does at present much) from his wound, and paid the Doctors in the Country. I flatter myself that you will advocate his cause from inclination, and look on the business as a point of pleasure, and not a duty of fatigue when the unfortunate Soldier wants assistance — you must excuse this long Scrawl and Give me as soon and as short an answer as possibly you can, for I am in great hopes when I have done with this business it will put a final Stop to our Correspondence on Military matters for you must know that I am within two weeks of being a Citizen near the banks of Brandywine where I propose to live as people did of yore on milk and honey, Of Sweet Canaan! if you Count that [undecipherable] Shall be glad to see you, hope your family are all well as also the Paymasters [undecipherable] Accept my Compliments and give them to M^r Rice as I expect your Joint assistance, wish you both health and happiness. I am D'r Sir Jos Howell Esq^r &c Richard Humpton P.s. provided you can finish the Business-